Improvement in chairs



W. W. CRAWFORD Chairs.

- N0.15 4,375. Patented Aug.25,1874.

v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM. W. CRAWFORD, or DELAWARE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,375, dated August25, 1874 application filed J une 13, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. CRAW- FORD, of Delaware, in the county ofDelaware and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Chair, ofwhich the following is a specification In the accompanying drawing,Figure 1 represents a side View, and Fig. 2 a vertical transversesection on the line 0 c, Fig. 1, of my improved chair.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to an improved chair, which is constructed in astrong and neat manner, and is more comfortable, by giving greater playto the feet. My invention con-' sists of a chair, the arms of which aresupport-ed, back of th'efront legs, by separate supporting-pieces,connecting the side rounds or stretchers and seat.

In the drawing, A represents my improved chair, having a seat, back, andframe, constructed in any approved manner and finish. The arms B of thechair, however, are not extended as far forward, and attached to thefore legs 0, or the seat D, as in the customary manner, but areshortened, and supported by upright pieces E, Which connect the armsBwith the seat D and side stretchers or rounds F at some distance backof the fore legs 0. The

stretcher F passes either through the perfo= rated lower end of theupright E, or the latter rests on, and is attached in a suitable mannerto, the stretcher. The upright E is screwed, bolted, or otherwiseconnected to the seat, and socketed to the under side of arm B.

The shorter arms give not only greater freedom to the body, as the legsmay be moved to the side of the chair, but also increased strength bythe additional uprights supporting and distributing the weight of thebody on the back and seat.

A comfortable chair, with aneat and orna- WILLIAM W. CRAWFORD.

Witnesses:

T. E. POWELL, F. M. MARRIOTT.

